re: Pork Butts on the Big Green Egg

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Ive never injected my pork butt... whats the consensus on injecting vs not?

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People will have their own opinions. I had never injected a pork butt before for smoking. I did do a pork loin a while back where I injected the night before with a mix of lime juice, whoozy sauce, a little juice from a minced garlic jar and a few dashes of hot sauce. It came out delicious.

So last week I did the same for a pork butt. Rubbed it down 36 hours before smoking. Then night before, took it out the fridge and injected with same mixture and let sit over night. Smoked it, and it came out really good. The most inner meat which usually doesn't get any seasoning exposure with just rubbing had a good flavor, then especially once mixed in with the outer meat.

I'll probably be injecting my pork butts for now on when smoking. When browning and making a gravy, I'll just stick to the usual shoving garlic and pepper in cavities.